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Buckman · District 3 · Mid-size park · 6.0 acres
Colonel Summers Park
Developed parkPublic entry documented
The captured official page publishes visiting hours. Check the source for current closures. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.
Classification and evidence
Official page label: Park; Atlas classification rules. Classification: inferred.
Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.
Check current official informationConfirm the inferred property type with PP&R.
Published activities: let my kids play, run through water, and play on a field.
Hours
5am to 10pm
Getting there
SE 17th Avenue and Taylor Street Portland, OR 97214
Dogs
Dogs on leash
Access
Accessible restroom, accessible picnic area
Photo from the City's park pagePark history
Originally called Belmont Park, this site was renamed in 1938 for Colonel Owen Summers, a former member of the Oregon Legislature with a military background.
In 2017, Colonel Summers Park received several major improvements. A decorative picnic shelter enclosure, new splash pad, and picnic tables were installed thanks to System Development Charge funds. Funding from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond provided a Portland Loo and removal of ADA barriers on the pathway from SE Taylor Street to the picnic shelter.
From the City's page for this park.
Visitor amenities
Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.
…stay a while
- use a restroomRestroom
- use an accessible restroomAccessible restroom
- sit down to eatPicnic table
- gather out of the rainPicnic shelter
…play
- let my kids playPlayground
…cool off
- run through waterSplash pad
…compete
- play on a courtAny sport court
- shoot hoopsBasketball court
- play volleyballVolleyball court
- play on a fieldAny sport field
- play soccerSoccer or futsal field
- play ballBaseball or softball
…get here and move
- be in a parkAny park
- walk or roll on pavementPaved path
- picnic with everyoneAccessible picnic area
…remember and belong
- see public artPublic art
- reach an emergency nodeEmergency BEECN node
Potential additions to investigate
Passing the initial size-and-type screen is not a feasibility finding. Usable space, existing uses, habitat, public access, utilities, permission, construction costs, and ongoing maintenance funding require site-specific review. Missing acreage or uncertain classification remains unassessed.
Enabling assets recorded
- Evening use — Programming after dusk — leagues, classes, walks.
- League play — Organized sport seasons.
- Summer water play — Cooling and swim programs.
- Youth drop-in — Free unstructured play with somewhere for adults to sit.
- Nature education — Environmental programs and guided walks.
- Markets & festivals — Vendor events and neighborhood festivals.
One addition to investigate
- Gatherings & events — needs stage or amphitheater or plaza or terrace
- All-weather indoor — needs indoor space or community center or arts or cultural center or gymnasium
Inventory-based screening only. Recorded assets do not establish opening hours, program staffing, permission, or operating funding. Potential additions require review of usable space, habitat, utilities, access, and ongoing maintenance. Unverified properties remain unassessed.
What else should this park let you do?
Something specific to this park — the thing you'd use it for if it were here.
Send an idea for this park →School grounds nearby
Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.
- Buckman Elementary · Portland Public Schools · 4.9 acres0.3 mi
On record: 1 playground, 1 allotments, 1 multi-use pitch.
- Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter · Portland Public Schools · 0.5 acres0.5 mi
Nothing recorded inside the grounds yet.
Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.
School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Through the year
Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.
Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.
- use a restroom
- gather out of the rain
- walk or roll on pavement
- use an accessible restroom
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
+6 more
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- picnic with everyone
- see public art
- reach an emergency node
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fewest modeled facilities
Spring
Mar–May
Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.
- let my kids play
- play on a field
- play soccer
- play ball
- use a restroom
- use an accessible restroom
+10 more
- sit down to eat
- gather out of the rain
- be in a park
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play volleyball
- walk or roll on pavement
- picnic with everyone
- see public art
- reach an emergency node
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Summer
Jun–Aug
Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.
- sit down to eat
- run through water
- use a restroom
- use an accessible restroom
- gather out of the rain
- be in a park
+11 more
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play volleyball
- play on a field
- play soccer
- play ball
- walk or roll on pavement
- picnic with everyone
- see public art
- reach an emergency node
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fall
Sep–Nov
Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.
- use a restroom
- gather out of the rain
- play on a field
- use an accessible restroom
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
+10 more
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play volleyball
- play soccer
- play ball
- walk or roll on pavement
- picnic with everyone
- see public art
- reach an emergency node
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
What the record holds here, by season
| Season | Programs | Recurring events | One-time |
|---|---|---|---|
Winter Dec–Feb Not yet published | — | — | — |
Spring Mar–May Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Jun–Aug Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-10; 1 month still to come | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Our reading of the calendar
Which facilities count as in season is our model of Portland's year (splash pads and wading pools in summer; fields, gardens and interactive fountains spring through fall; everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 16 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-10-12). "Programs" are distinct titles; "sections" are the catalog's individual records — a swim level at one time slot for one week is one section. Complete through 2026-10; later months fill in as registration opens. Winter counts fill in when winter registration opens.
What's on
No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.
Reserve at Colonel Summers Park
This park has facilities you can reserve. Booking happens on the city's official systems — every link below goes straight there.
Picnic sites
Reserve a site| Site | Tables | Fee | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Shelter | $85.50 | Sheltered PowerKey |
- · No alcohol.
- · Key required to access shelter.
Fees and inventory from PP&R's 2026 picnic brochure. A $27.50 application fee applies. Reserve online or call 503-823-2525.
Partners & friends
The whole ecosystemOpportunity signal
No known partner is currently linked to Colonel Summers Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.
See opportunity signalsSupport this park
Real ways to help Colonel Summers Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
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How it's holding up
The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. Historical project estimates appear below; they are separate from these condition records.
Historical cost profile · 2023 reporting
Colonel Summers Park
$1.8M
9 distinct source rows. Proposed repair and improvement costs, not a current funding gap.
All-in annual service cost: Not established
Current remaining repair cost: Not verified
What the estimates cover
Courts, fields & golf$1.4M
Play & gathering$287.4K
Energy & building systems$58.5K
Paths & access$41.2K
Categories are Atlas labels based on project titles. Expansion and new provision are included where proposed; a project can include several kinds of work.
The work, cost & reason (9 source rows)
Renovate sport field$751,657
Asset as named in source: Ball Field 1
Sport fields rated 4 or 5 in condition assessment
KGW table row 116. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Renovate playground$287,400
Asset as named in source: Play area A
Renovate play areas rated 4 and 5 in playground assessment 2020
KGW table row 119. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Ballfield Improvements$264,415
Asset as named in source: Colonel Summers Park
Replace fencing and two backstops, level the field and add dirt, and Correct ongoing drainage issue which renders field unusable much of the year.
KGW table row 120. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Renovate Basketball sport court at Colonel Summers Park$180,140
Asset as named in source: Basketball Court
Fix or replace the Nike Resurf surface of the court that is rated 4 through courts' assessment
KGW table row 121. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Renovation of tennis courts$168,740
Asset as named in source: Colonel Summers Park
Resurface 2 courts, provide fencing and gates. Priority 1 By 7/16/13 may have modified idea of improvements
KGW table row 122. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Pathway Renovation$41,162
Asset as named in source: Colonel Summers Park
Replace the damaged pathway, trails and sidewalks that have been rated as 4 and 5 in Pathway assessment
KGW table row 117. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Change light poles base connection$36,720
Asset as named in source: Light poles
Case: Some light poles are connected to the footing by steel wires that deteriorating over time because of water/moisture influence. Additionally , these bases are not designed for lateral loads produced by wind and other tension equipment. Proposal: replace wire type connection by other type that resist coded lateral loads and more durable against environmental effects Number of poles is 12 approximately with estimated cost $3000/ pole.
KGW table row 118. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗ESPC-III_Buildings Lighting to LEDs$11,760
Asset as named in source: Shelter - Restroom - Storage
LED conversion for Exterior and Interior Lights
KGW table row 123. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Replace Backflow preventer device$10,000
Asset as named in source: Irrigation
- Replace out of compliance backflow preventers - Assembly: Double Check Valve Assembly (DCVA) - Move to property line, if needed - Hazard: Right Of Way (ROW) + Aquatics - See components for detail
KGW table row 124. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗15 of 79 assessed built records are rated poor or very bad in the separate condition dataset. Condition ratings do not determine these dollar estimates.
Source: KGW’s November 2023 table. Current status, remaining scope and funding are unverified. Exact duplicate rows count once; other scope overlaps remain unresolved.
Compare repair estimates across parks →Annual service · FY 2026–27 adopted
A complete annual cost is not yet available.
This property has no named account linked in the public budget extract. Shared crews and citywide programs may still fund its care.
Later budget supplements and unallocated shared services are not included.
Annual breakdown & district context →District picture · District 3
This park in the district picture
The same public records, read the same way for every property, so this park can be set next to its district. Each figure keeps its own source and date. “Not available” means the source has no record for this property. It is not a zero.
People nearby
- Residents within a half mile
- 12,676
- Households within a half mile
- 7,558
2020 Census blocks whose centre point lies within a half mile of the park boundary, measured in a straight line. Residents, not visitors. Blocks outside the city limits count.
Recorded backlog
- Open backlog IDs
- 10
- Closed backlog IDs
- 1
Records in the PP&R backlog map workbook that name this property. The workbook publishes no cost field, so these are counts of records, not dollars.
Active capital projects
- Active geocoded projects
- 0
Geocoded PP&R capital projects at this property, a subset of the full capital program. The cost is the published estimated total project cost, not spending to date.
Who is on record
No partner agreement on record
The department-provided directory names no agreement here. Friends groups without a formal agreement are not captured.
From the department-provided partnership directory. It records what is on paper, not who does each task.
Condition across all assets
Citywide condition atlasAcross 79 assessed assets at this park, 19% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.
This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.
Good · 1Above fair · 21Fair · 42Poor · 10Very bad · 5
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Buildings2018Fences2022Pathways & trailsPlayground equipment2020Sport fieldsSport courts
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. These assessment records do not contain repair costs. Historical project estimates are shown separately.
Repair ledger
Each row is one record from PP&R's public asset layer. No itemized repair cost is published for these records, so none is shown. Dates are the source's last published assessment; treat older ones as unverified.
| Asset | Condition | Status | Replacement | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4); status is Removed. Priority high. Record 352 | Poor condition code 4 | Removed | no | 2007-08-30 |
Picnic Table Replacement field says yes. Priority high. Public note: Deeply rotted Record 4098 | Fair condition code 3 | Active | yes | 2007-08-30 |
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Public note: Bad condition Record 6495 | Poor condition code 4 | Active | no | 2007-08-30 |
Permanent Bollard Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 6601 | Poor condition code 4 | Active | no | 2007-08-30 |
Permanent Bollard Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 8171 | Poor condition code 4 | Active | no | 2007-08-30 |
Showing all 5 public repair candidates.
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Send a condition note →Public assets
All 38Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.
Picnic Table×11
4×23×42×1–×4
Bench×8
322–32–2
Permanent Trash Can×6
–2222–
Permanent Bollard×5
–––44
Bike Rack×2
––
Drinking Fountain×2
3–
Memorial×2
–2
Bleacher×1
2
Game Table×1
3
Official Portland.gov profile
From the City's park page
Colonel Summers Park on Portland.gov
This page contains information about Colonel Summers Park in Portland, Oregon's Buckman neighborhood.
Located in Southeast Portland, Colonel Summers Park is a lively neighborhood park with wide open lawns, shady trees, and lots of space to relax or play.
It offers a mix of active recreation space and quiet green space, which makes it a popular spot for neighbors, families, and visitors from across the city. Community members come here to play basketball, futsal, tennis, volleyball, softball, and pickup soccer games, or to enjoy a walk along the paved paths. The playground and splash pad are especially popular with children during warmer months, while picnic tables, reservable picnic areas, and the covered shelter make the park a great place for birthdays, group gatherings, or a relaxing afternoon outdoors. The park also includes accessible restrooms and accessible picnic areas.
Colonel Summers Park has a welcoming and creative neighborhood feel. Many people use the park to meet friends, throw a frisbee, stretch out on the grass, walk their dogs, or enjoy community events during the summer. The nearby community garden adds color and activity throughout the year, and mature trees help create a comfortable place to cool off on sunny days. In the southwest corner of the park, visitors can find a large rock from Kelly Butte with a plaque honoring Colonel Summers.
City label
Park
Year acquired
1921
Official acres
5.993
City section
SE
Neighborhood
Buckman
Hours
Park hours: 5am to 10pm To reserve a sports field or picnic area, please call 503-823-2525.
Amenities and activities
Accessible picnic areaAccessible restroomBEECN – basic earthquake emergency communication nodePicnic shelterPicnic tablePlaygroundStatue or public artPaths (paved)Softball fieldSplash padBasketball courtTennis backboardVolleyball courtFutsal field
All dogs must be leashed in this park.
This page, on a sign
The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/colonel-summers-park-12?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_12
Where this comes from
Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.